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twiddle

   called `squiggle', `sqiggle' (sic --- pronounced /skig'l/),
   and `twaddle', but twiddle is the most common term.  2. A small
   and insignificant change to a program.  Usually fixes one bug and
   generates several new ones (see also shotgun debugging).
   3. vt. To change something in a small way.  Bits, for example, are
   often twiddled.  Twiddling a switch or knob implies much less sense
   of purpose than toggling or tweaking it; see frobnicate.  To
   speak of twiddling a bit connotes aimlessness, and at best doesn't
   specify what you're doing to the bit; `toggling a bit' has a more
   specific meaning (see bit twiddling, toggle).